academia

noun

ac·​a·​de·​mia ˌa-kə-ˈdē-mē-ə 

: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education : academe

scientists in industry and academia

a career in academia

Examples of academia in a Sentence

She found the business world very different from academia.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adapted from the November-December 2025 edition of our print magazine, this roundup features some of the latest findings from academia, consultancies, and other research entities—and details how those findings might impact your company. —Por Hbr Editors, Harvard Business Review, 13 Nov. 2025

Deeper partnerships across government, academia, and industry will build a talent pipeline that is more innovative than ever before. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025

Others, in academia and public interest groups, remain unconvinced that a technology notorious for long construction delays, triple-digit cost overruns and mine and mill pollution is up to the task of meeting skyrocketing demand. —Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025

Kuang's dark academia tour-de-force, and one of PEOPLE's Best Books of the Summer, sees two graduate students make the treacherous journey to hell to rescue their professor's soul. —Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

latinization of academy (with -ia suggesting a geographic entity), after its Latin etymon, Acadēmia

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for academia

• anaemia
• anemia
• artemia
• leukaemia
• leukemia
• pyaemia
• toxaemia
• toxemia
• uremia
• viremia
• acidemia
• azotemia